Fresh threads

 
This is the test print I got back from the printers today and I'm really happy with the results! You may have heard rumours that I've been planning the Sweet Oblivion tees for a while now. From the very beginning I really wanted them to be a bit more special than the norm, with high quality printing on a high quality 100% cotton heavyweight tee. Since completing the designs, I've been on the hunt for a good place to get them made, and I today I found it!

Before I get my orders in to the printers I thought I'd share with you guys on here and see what feedback I get. I plan to have them printed on white and this special SO mint green colour. The price to buy them from the online SO shop will be appox. £22 and I have three designs to start the ball rolling, all my own bespoke line drawn illustrations: the KE70 you see above, a pair of coilovers and a very deep dish Hoshino Impul wheel.

Remember I'm not a big clothing company, I'm just a graphic designer who writes a car blog with a friend for like-minded folks like yourselves. Making the tees is not a big money making scheme for me by any stretch of the imagination. It's just a great creative outlet for myself and just like the stickers these tees will be limited edition, high quality runs.

Let me know what you think with a click of the "Like" button below, or a comment on the Facebook page.

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Shuto Midnight

Some nice moody shots I found here Skorj/Magnesium.

This is raising the bar

Yesterday I was very excited to share a sequence of photos showing Daigo Saito's practice runs from D1 Round 5 Ebisu. Andy of Powervehicles had writen some very excited updates on his facebook "I have just seen the craziest shit in my life. Daigo saito and his flying mark 2 at Ebisu, wait for this folks! The bar has just been raised!" Since then I have been glued to his updates, yesterday came the photos and today a video! Saito's driving is simply on another level! Clearly all the seat time he has had in his now infamous missile car has paid off. Watching him throw his HUGE JZX100 over the hump of the Minami track, jumping and then drifting at maximum attack within inches of the wall is breathtaking and properly exciting to watch. The videos finale shows his well earned 100pt qualifying run. Amazing stuff. Big thankyous in Andy's direction for sharing with us!

Do a jump!

Yeeehar!

My Sunny disposition

My friend Adam shared with me this tiny pixely picture of a rather rad looking Sunny literally YEARS ago.. Tonight, during my ramble through the internets I stumble upon this great little video of some badical old Datsuns hooning about, and recognise it instantly. Wahey! Simple things eh!? Haha.

MAXXIS Tyres BDC Round 4: Donington Park

More great stuff from Stephen Brooks. I love the feel good vibe of this.

A glimpse

A great mood shot from Daniel and a subtle reminder to me of a car I really want to own. Freshly graduated with some great career prospects starting next week, I'm another step closer to owning my own two door Levin.

Snapshot:

Oh my!

Smoothie

Some delicious photography I stumbled upon of the C's Garage boys, shot by Kayle of Smoothie.

Swarve Oblivion

Sweet Oblivion stickers. The choice of champions and gentlemen around the world. Haha gotta love that silly photo of Dan, who is sporting a full set of the Sweet Oblivion stickers on his drift car. (photo by Ross Lanson)

 
Orders for my designs have come in from every edge of the planet including England, Wales, Ireland, Germany, New York, California, Canada, Australia.. I couldn't be happier with the response to Sweet Oblivion stickers going on sale. As a humble graphic design graduate, and as one of the writers of this little blog, it really does feel good to know that a lot of cool kids out there get what we are about here at Sweet Oblivion and want to support and represent us with a sticker on their whip.

Thank you all for your orders and support, with special thanks to Jord and Alex of Drifted, Daniel Bridle of Motormavens, Dan Chapman of Driftworks, Rich Hudson of Okishima! and last but not least my favourite sticker man Dan Verge.

I'm down to the last few of each design now so get your order in quick if you want some thing sweet and sticky in your life!

Buy your Sweet Oblivion stickers here

The photos above are just a handful I've found. We'd love it, if you have found any pictures or links, to please share them with us by loading them onto the wall of the Sweet Oblivion facebook page.

What's in the box?

 
Post from Japan is still one of my favourite things to wake up to. This parcel has been a long time coming and
I was very excited to get inside. I've been searching for Shakotan Boogie books ever since I first read about them here back in 2007 and more recently here. Luckily for me, I have a friend in Japan and together we have been on the hunt for a full set of the Shakotan Boogie books. Finally we found a set for a good price and bought them.
After waiting patiently for them to arrive, I opened the box this morning to discover my friend had popped in a surprise Drift Tengoku magazine for me too. Thanks Minami!

I'm so happy with them! And don't think it would be too bold to say that these could be the only copies and very possibly, the only full set of these rare books in the UK!

Oh and my favourites from the Drift Tengoku magazine..

A C34 looking rather cool on 15"s

Flush and tuck on this R32..

The Tengoku R32 looking as good as ever..

..and some (hey they ain't too shabby) dori gals! :D

Meanwhile, in Australia..

Davey Clarke, keeping things awesome in Australia with his turbo 4AGE KE70.

And then it hits you...

...inspiration.


Its so angry, so simple and so clean.

Built by the guys at Racetec, this bike blends the old AMA superbike style with modern components. This is inspiring me more than anything else at the moment.

If Motorfix did Datsuns..

Proper 510 popping up over the internet at the mo that I like A LOT.

JDM Allstars Round 2: Donington Alpine

What an awesome video from Josh Allen! and what looks like another epic weekend of drifting that Matt and I missed. However, graduating from uni is a good enough reason to be absent me thinks! With fresh degrees tucked in our back pockets, free from education, unleashed back into the real world, you can expect a lot more action from us over the summer. Peace!